Does Deleted Watchmen Scene Make Case for Cuts?
An expanded director’s cut of Watchmen hits the big screen for one weekend only Friday, before landing at Comic-Con International and on DVD and Blu-ray shortly thereafter. But a leaked scene that chronicles the death of Hollis Mason, aka the first Nite Owl, justifies its excision from the theatrical version. Beginning with a glimpse of Tales of the Black Freighter, the meta-comic woven into Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ acclaimed work, the video gives way to a group of Knot Tops who clumsily complain about Mason (played by Stephen McHattie) before setting off to kill him.
